The speaker sees data centers as playing a role in local economies similar to 20th-century factories, through job creation and support for vibrant local economies.

“that like our high paying high paying jobs like to me it kind of seems like data center now is kind of what a factory used to be right you have these like railroads and factories in the 20th century like you had you know maybe like a shoe factory that makes a town you know produce kind of a you know vibrant economy within a town and that is at least when like I'm on the ground seeing the stuff that's getting built there is”